Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIReligion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
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The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
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To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
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Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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Those who play a safe game die very safely.
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one’s life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.
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If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
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